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WE CHOOSE TO LISTEN
In this world of conflicting opinions, we choose to listen
In this world where those who speak loudest are heard, we choose to listen
In this world where we speak without being spoken to, we choose to listen
In this world where we’re running to stand still, we choose to listen
In this world where we want our voice to be heard, we choose to listen
In this world where we want to be noticed, we choose to listen
In this world where we only listen to those who agree with us, we choose to listen
In this world where we have to fight to find silence, we choose to listen
May be like the one who says he will hear our cry - the great Listener.
The One who is all ears to hear the complaints of a people whose only language is often complaint.
The One who cannot look, as he hears the screams of the trafficked, the bullied, and the insane.
The One who tenses his fists as he overhears the arrogance of men who would play God, as they trample on the poor.
We choose to listen because you have listened to us.
Psalm 10:17-18 (ANIV)
You hear, O Lord, the desire of the afflicted;
you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
[18] defending the fatherless and the oppressed,
in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more.
Psalm 106:43-45 (ANIV)
Many times he delivered them,
but they were bent on rebellion
and they wasted away in their sin.
[44] But he took note of their distress
when he heard their cry;
[45] for their sake he remembered his covenant
and out of his great love he relented.
Exodus 2:23-25 (ANIV)
During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. [24] God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. [25] So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.
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